[governance] REVISION 2 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing

[William Drake]

Hi

On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Parminder wrote:

[snip]

> We can add that the CSTD forum gives a relatively  greater  multistakeholder (MS) involvement.
> 
> However I wont harp too much on this point, in this representation. I am really not sure how much more MS is CSTD than other UN forums in Geneva/ New York. Does someone has full information on this? I do know that a temporary window was created to involve all WSIS accredited organizations (when does this end) but perhaps not much more. Even at CSTD CS is present only as an observer and speaks only in allocated slots, in the end. We are also not formally involved in drafting processes, though informal practices may operate (sometimes). So while we may make this point, I dont think we should push it too much. 

I agree, we can't call CSTD a MS institution, it's an intergovernmental that has made special provisions to allow some CS involved in one area of activity some scope for involvement that exceeds what is possible in ECOSOC.

BD
> 
> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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>> 
>> In contrast to the CSTD, ECOSOC itself is not a multi-stakeholder institution.  Whilst ECOSOC has accredited NGOs, their influence is limited and much of their expertise is not taken into consideration by ECOSOC.  More importantly, there are many NGOs that were accredited at WSIS but which are not in consultative status with ECOSOC, and the private sector has no representation within ECOSOC at all.  This makes it impossible to regard ECOSOC as a truly multi-stakeholder institution.

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